We’ve previously seen east- and westbound versions of this guide from 1950 and a westbound one from 1949. Today’s is an eastbound one from 1949. The text of the 1949 and 1950 editions are similar but Great Northern’s conception of its trademark goat changed dramatically.

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These were probably slipped under the doors of sleeping car passengers early in the morning of their second day out. Although the streamlined Empire Builder entered service in 1947, I’ve only seen these from 1949 and 1950. If those were the only years they were issued, then we now have a complete set.